Pascal,

I could be wrong here, but I believe that several(I do not know which)
Raymarine units are the only systems that use a Map card and can receive
waypoints from a computer using NMEA handler software. See if you can
find a hint in the "data" part of the menu. (I do not have time to read
a manual just now.)

It is worthwhile to try. Get GPS Utility downloaded (the free version
is good for the test, but is limited to 100 waypoints). It only stores
waypoints as one file type, but will translate to any of the listed units.

Then collect the waypoints from both Garmin (with GPSU this is a snap).
You can check the files and compare or combine then in GPSU. Connect to
the Raymarine NMEA port and get the software talking to the GPS. If you
can find the control on the Raymarine data menue to listen for
waypoints, you are set.

The C-Series use a CF (very common camera and PDA memory) to transfer
data. Hardware to write to it can be had inexpensively and any XP level
machine will do it as a matter of fact.

At least it is not a C-Map unit or your guy would have to go and buy a
C-Map Planner set that includes software a memory module and module
writer. That costs about 200$us and is not easy to use to transfer
waypoint data.

Good luck

Matt Colie (a.k.a. Yachtsman's Technical Support www.yachtek.com)

Pascal wrote:
I friend has just bough a brand new system and have it installed into
his brand new 36 ft sailboat. The system comprises a Raymarine C80
Chart/Plotter, including the Radar and FishFinder and the plotter uses
Navionics Gold charts; besides this, it have the Raymarine S1/6001
Autopitot, ST60 wind and depth instruments etc.

He has a Garmin GpsMap 276C and a GpsMap 76S and many tested wpts and
routes, and he wishes to transfer its to the new system, but he can not
have any information on how he could do this. How he can interface the
chart plotter with the PC in order to transfer the wpts and routes?
There is a cartridge adapter that could be read/writed in the PC? Wich
software he could use for this?

Please, any help would be apreciated.

Thanks

Pascal